Chapter 26: Beaten by Seikali
While taking a shower, Wang Tiejun opened the system. He scored 18 points tonight, so he should get some bonus points.
"Congratulations to the host, you scored in double digits for the first time, and you will be rewarded with 50 points."
There were indeed rewards, but not much. All his previous points had been used up, and he was still a little short of what he needed to redeem the next function card, which made him a little disappointed.
"If you get one more rebound and get a double-double, the reward should be bigger."
After thinking about it for a while and taking a shower, when he came out, Barkley and others were just about to attend the press conference.
He quickly put on his clothes, and then some reporters came in. A white reporter squatted in front of him, and he was a reporter from the New York Times.
He observed the reporter's expression. From his eyes and facial expressions, he could tell that this guy didn't have a good impression of him. Although he was squatting in front of him, he had a condescending attitude.
This is not surprising. Americans are so arrogant from the bottom of their hearts. Some of the homeless people he met on the streets of New York were like this. They were so poor that they were almost starving to death, but the way they looked at him was still full of prejudice and discrimination.
"Old K, in the three games, all your scoring methods were dunks. Do you have other scoring methods?" the reporter asked.
"Of course I will," he replied immediately.
"Why didn't I see you using it? I doubt you know those technologies at all. Can't you Chinese learn those advanced technologies?" the reporter asked.
"Because dunks have the highest success rate. If your intelligence reaches the adult level, you should be able to understand what I say." He said coldly.
“…”
White reporter Robert Lundgren opened his mouth and said, I went to college, and you, a damn Chinese coolie, actually doubt my intelligence?
He felt discriminated against and provoked by Wang Tiejun and was very angry.
Throughout the history of the United States, the role of Chinese people in the United States has always been defined, that is, at the bottom, taking over the jobs of black people. When black people are liberated, Chinese people become the new slaves. This is why the media calls Wang Tiejun a Chinese coolie.
As a white man, how could he tolerate the discrimination and provocation of a slave?
He quickly analyzed Wang Tiejun's information, but the American media could not find any previous information about Wang in China, so he wondered if he could go to China to investigate.
It would be best if he could find some dirty laundry. He could gain a position in the industry by destroying these damn Chinese coolies. If he can't find any, he can just use his imagination, that's also fine.
"Leaving now?"
Wang Tiejun was confused when he saw the reporter with a bad look leaving.
He didn't know that because of one sentence, he had inexplicably offended the white reporter.
The next day, the Suns flew to Miami and started their second away game.
That morning, the news of him dunking the basketball hoop was all over the place.
The only drawback is that the media believes that the collapse of the basketball hoop was not caused by him alone, so the evaluation of his strength is not that impressive.
But no matter what, he was the first person in league history to dunk the basketball hoop, and he also gained some attention for it.
But that’s all. Among this year’s rookies, not to mention other positions, there are two rookie centers who shine far better than Wang Tiejun.
The first one is O'Neal. In two months, he has played 22+12 and his performance is getting better and better. He averages 3.5 blocks per game. Now he has the momentum to become the fourth super center. Many media have begun to attribute the title of super center to him.
The second is Alonzo Mourning, who also played 20+10 as a super center and averaged 3.5 blocks per game. If O'Neal hadn't been too dazzling, he would definitely be recognized by the media as the fourth super center.
With these two dazzling rookie centers, Wang Tiejun's performance was too inconspicuous and was completely suppressed.
What's more, he is Chinese. Except for the local media in Phoenix, the media in other parts of the United States are full of discrimination and prejudice against him. They will never report his performance positively, and always replace his name with nicknames such as Chinese coolie or even perverted coolie.
In the next game against the Heat, Wang Tiejun faced the white center Ronnie Seikali from Lebanon. Because of too many fouls, he only played for 22 minutes and was fouled out with six fouls.
Seikali is 211 cm tall and weighs 106 kg. He is not very good at confrontation and is a technical center.
He has a unique skill of turning around in the low post and is called the "Dancer". He has good scoring and rebounding abilities. He has achieved All-Star data of 17+11 for four consecutive seasons. He is the double-double king of the Heat and has quasi-All-Star strength.
On the defensive end, Wang Tiejun was beaten by Seikali, and the opponent scored 28 points on him. He could not defend against the opponent's low-post turns and was repeatedly driven into the basket by him. He was also unable to defend against the opponent's three-pointers. As long as Seikali pulled out, he could not keep up, and after barely following out, he could not come back.
Because he couldn't defend the opponent and his movements were too dramatic, he received two fouls within 6 minutes in the first quarter, which directly led to him being substituted off the court. His playing time was affected and he was unable to play a full performance.
On the offensive end, Seikali was far inferior to him in terms of tonnage and strength and was unable to compete with him, but Seikali had good blocking skills and had delivered 8 blocks in a single game, and he ate two of them in this game.
Throughout the game, he made 5 of 8 shots, 2 of 4 free throws, scored 12 points and 5 rebounds, with 3 turnovers and 6 fouls.
There were 3 attacks under the basket, all of which were dunks. The remaining 5 attacks were shots close to the basket, and two of them were made. As a center close to the basket, the hit rate of these two-point shots was a bit low.
The reason why he had 5 shots close to the basket was because he encountered weak-side help defense and double-teaming in the low post and could not get to the basket.
All three turnovers were caused by double-teaming during low-post back-to-the-basket plays.
In these 8 opportunities to get the ball, he actually had a better option, which was to pass the ball and let his teammates who were in open positions take shots.
He has the ability to pass the ball. His 80-level receiving and passing ability, coupled with his broad vision, allow him to pass the ball to open space when facing double-teaming.
However, he wanted to get better personal statistics, so he chose to play selfishly, and the result was either turnovers or missed shots.
In other words, including the second offense, he had the ball as many as 11 times, but only scored 5 of them. His efficiency was not high and he wasted a lot of ball possession.
In addition to the problem of too many fouls, this game also highlighted his lack of ability to attack near the basket. Once he gets the ball in an area far away from the basket, as long as he is double-teamed, his turnover rate is very high and his success rate is very low.
In addition, his rebounding was not as good as in the previous game, because Seikaly, who is good at rebounding, snatched 14 rebounds over his head.
Overall, his performance was far worse than the previous game, and he exposed many weaknesses and shortcomings.
Because he was beaten by Seikaly on both offense and defense, the Suns lost the game.
